| | | | The news for Tuesday, November 3, 2020
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Southland Law Enforcement on Heightened Alert for Election Day  Police across the Southland will be on heightened alert Tuesday as voting wraps up in a highly contentious presidential election that has led to fears of large protests — regardless of whether President Donald Trump wins or if Democrat Joe Biden unseats him. Business owners have also been making preparations, with some choosing to board […]
  
2 Dead in Crash Between SUV and Semi on Orange Freeway in Pomona Two people were killed Tuesday morning in a crash involving an SUV that struck the rear of a big rig parked on the right hand side of the southbound Orange (57) Freeway in Pomona. The crash occurred near the Temple Avenue exit about 3:35 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. About 5:45 a.m., Caltrans […]
Orange County Reports 183 New COVID-19 Cases Orange County officials have reported 183 new diagnoses of COVID-19, raising the cumulative case total to 60,298, but readjusted the death toll downward by one, to 1,483. The rate of deaths has been trending down over the past few weeks. From Oct. 25 through Saturday, there were 39 deaths reported, up from 35 the week […]
Gatherings Large And Small Continue Driving Up LA County COVID Cases Los Angeles County’s public health director is warning that our COVID-19 crisis is worsening and threatens to become even more dire during the upcoming holiday season unless behaviors rapidly change. Barbara Ferrer said surveys of residents and patients who have become infected with the coronavirus show steady increases in interactions with people outside their own […]
Voters To Decide Heated Lacey-Gascon Race For District Attorney Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey is fighting to keep her seat for a third term despite an aggressive challenge by self-styled reformer George Gascon, a former LAPD Assistant Chief of Police, Chief of Police in Mesa, Arizona and San Francisco D.A. Lacey garnered significantly more voter support than Gascon in the March primary […]
Orange County Voting At Near-Record Levels Election Day has finally arrived, but voter turnout in Orange County has already matched that of the 2008 presidential election. In 2008, the county recorded 1.1 million ballots cast, and so far this year the county has received nearly 1 million ballots through the mail or from drop boxes, while also recording about 160,000 in-person […]
Mitchell, Wesson Meet in Closely Contested County Race Sen. Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles, and Los Angeles City Councilman Herb Wesson are splitting progressive support in their bids to replace termed-out Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas in the county’s 2nd District. In the March three-way race that included former Los Angeles City Councilwoman Jan Perry, Wesson picked up 29.9% of the vote to Mitchell’s 29.0%. It […]
Measure J Seeks to Mandate Spending on ‘Care First’ Public Safety Plan In addition to the state propositions on the November ballot, Los Angeles County residents have another issue to consider — Measure J, an amendment to the county charter requiring that a minimum of 10% of the county’s unrestricted general funds be spent on housing, mental health treatment, jail diversion programs and other alternatives to incarceration. […]
Smith, Garcia Rematch; Rouda-Steel Race Highlight Local Congressional Races Christy Smith and Mike Garcia will have a rematch Tuesday in the 25th Congressional District, with Smith hoping to avenge an earlier loss to the Republican Garcia and reclaim the seat for the Democratic Party. It’ll technically be the fourth time in nine months the duo have faced off at the ballot box. In March, […]
Crews Work To Clear 30,000 Pounds Of Noodles From 110 Freeway  Crews Monday evening were working to clear 30,000 pounds of noodles from the northbound Harbor (110) Freeway in Gardena after a big rig overturned. The truck overturned about 1:55 p.m. on the freeway near Rosecrans Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol. Caltrans District 7 reported that crews were still working to clear the noodles […]
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